Can you fill in the places of these 21 asterisks with only 3 different letters, so arranged that they spell a common English word of 5 letters in 12 different directions?
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Two of the five letters are vowels.
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————— his pride the Royal James
Came down upon the ————— Thames;
Like ————— his court repair
To breathe — ————’s freer air.
Each space has the same nine letters.
72. DROP LETTER LINES
With lily leaves his oars are ........,
Her eager hands their treasures .......,
To the fair winds all cares . .....,
And echo faintly answers .....!